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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Christmas Cutout Butter Cookies

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This is just a perfect easy tasting butter cookie, and basic recipe you can use anytime of the year~ I always make Palm Tree's for living in Florida, of course my NY State State of mind style and the rest of the world's style tree's (smile), just a little Tropical flair there...

2 cups all-purpose flour

pinch of salt

1 cup butter, room temperature

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Mix all together and refrigerate overnight or for at least one hour. Roll out cut into shapes of your choice and bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 for 8 minutes or until edges are slightly browned.

For those that love them frosted:

2 1/2 cups of confectionery sugar

food coloring

1/4 cup of water

1/3 cup of white Crisco shortening

2 tablespoons of butter

2 tablespoons of dry powdered milk

Beat until smooth, add more water if too stiff, needs to spread easily.

Separate into bowls coordinate food coloring and flavoring in each bowl . Frost cookies let dry for about an hour﻿

14 comments:

Lovely lovely cookies! Hope you've done all your X'mas shopping already and stock up everything before X'mas. I've the feeling that the weather going to turn bad to worst. Hope you have a great day. Enjoy & have lots of fun!Blessings, Kristy

these are lovely sugar cookies and very easy recipe!!!I will try them this afternoon!!!!Have a look at my ''kourampiedes"" our almond Christmas cookies here in Greece!!!http://cookingwithriri.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post_17.html

Your cookies are so lovely, especially the palm trees. My mother-in-law lives in South Carolina and every year she sends us photos of the palm trees with lights on. Thanks for sharing these festive recipe.Hope you'll have a wonderful week

I wanted to make something special for my nephew Devin Colenzo who is moving away so this was it, glad we were able to get together for...

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My blog was created in 2009. When I first started blogging my main inspiration was keeping Mom's memory alive through her recipes she left behind. Cooking those recipes keeps her with us. My two grown sons and family members now have all the family traditional recipes in one place. This blog is dedicated to the memory ofMargaret Ann Fanelli Colenzo.